Toy race course



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B. L. SCOTT TOY RACE COURSE Filed Id) 12, 1928 3 ShOQtS-Shlbt 1 Inventor2 k) ,Braxl oizl. Scof Z Attornqy Jan. 29,1929. 1,706,273

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BRAXTGN L. SCOTT, 0F ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA.

TOY ,RACE COURSE.

Application filed May 12,

vices of this general character, and with this in view the inventionconsists of a simple construction containing relatively few parts, andthese co-related as to reduce the possibility of disarrangement to aminimum.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view as the nature of theinvention will be better understood, the same comprises the novel form,combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described,shown in the accompanying drawings and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings wherein like reference characters indicatecorrespond ing parts throughout the same:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the toy race horse.

Figure 2 is a detail longitudinal section thereof, the "jockey-riddenrace horse simu lating figures being arranged at the starting point.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary longitudinal taken substantially upon the line33 of Figure 2 disclosing more clearly the power means for rotating thefigures upon the course.

Figure is an edge elevation partially in cross section of the uppermostone of a plurality of superposed driven discs or plates provided withmeans for engaging the horse simulating figure carrying arms acting as ameans to limit the manual movement of the figures in a reverse directionso that they may all start from a common point, this means also beingprovided for causing the simultaneous movements of all tl'ie figures inthe proper direction.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary section. through this disc or plate.

Figure (5 is a perspective of said member carried by the disc or plate.

Figure 7 is a top side perspective of one of the figure carrying arms.

Figure 8 is a fragmentary section through the figure moving spring motordisclosing in side elevation a manually controlled means whereby themotor may be stopped in an abrupt manner.

Figure 9 is a vertical fragmentary section 1923, Serial No. 277,118.

taken substantially upon the line 9-9 of the Figure 8, and

Figure 10 is an end elevation of the spring motor disclosing the ratchetmeans whereby the spring of the motor is prevented from becoming unwounduntil the manual means has been released.

N ow having particular reference to the drawings, my toy race courseconsists of a circular plate 5 to simulate generally a race tracksupported by suitable feet 6 and having suitable markings upon its topsurface as indicated in Figure 1 to designate the quarter,

half, three-quarter, and mile post of a race track. I

Secured to the under side of this plate 5 at opposed points and adjacentthe edge of the plate are hangers 7 and 8, the hanger 7 beingconstructed with a relatively large circular bearing, while the hanger 8is equipped with a relatively small circular bearing, as disclosed inFigure 8.

The motor unit of the device consists of a tubular shaft 9 havingclosure blocks 10 and 11 secured within opposite ends thereof, one endof this shaft being journaled within the large bearing of the hanger 7,while the outer end of the block 11 at the opposite end of the shaft isequipped with a pintle 12 journaled and secured within the hanger 8 asdisclosed in Figure 3.

Located within this tubular shaft 9 is an elongated coiled spring 13,the inner end thereof being anchored to the adjacent block 11, while theouter end of said spring is secured to the inner end of a longitudinallyextending stub shaft 1 f, loosely arranged within a longitudinal openingin the outer closure block 10 of said shaft and upon the outer end ofwhich stub shaft is arranged a suitable handle 15. Directly at the outerface of the block 10 said. stub shaft I l is equipped with a suitableratchet member 16, while depending from the supporting hanger 7 at theedge of the plate 5 is a ratchet dog 17. This prevents the unwinding ofthe spring after and during the winding of the spring by rotating thehandle 15. Adjacent the opposite end of the tubular shaft 9 the same isequipped externally with a lug 18, while slidably arranged withinsuitable guide means 19 beneath the plate 5 is a trigger member 20, theinnerend of which is constructed for engagement with said lug 18, whenthe trigger is moved inwardly to prevent rotation of the tubular shaft 9under the acill) [all

tion of the spring 13 therein. This trigger is constructed at its outerend *ith a finger hole 21, while said trigger is normally forcedinwardly for engagement with the lug 18 through the medium of a coiledspring Secured within an opening in the center ofthe plate 5 directlyabove the spring motor is an upwardly extending tubular shaft housing 23rotatable within which is a shaft 2%, the lower end being beneath. theplate 5 and being equipped with a small beveled gear 25, which gear hasmesh with the gear 26 arranged upon the tubular shaft 9, see Figure 3.

The upper end of the shaft 2 extends considerably above the housing 22and screw threaded as shown in Figure 2. Secured on this threaded end ofthe shaft are superposed spaced discs 27 preferably three in number, andof reduced diameter from the uppermost one to the lowest as in Figure 2.The invention further consists of three horse-figure supporting arms,each of which is designated by the reference character 28. Each arm isformed adjacent its inner end with an opening 29 for loose engagementupon the shaft 24 beneath the respective discs 27'. These openings ofthe arms are so located that the inner ends of tie arms will terminatein slight spaced relation with the edges of the discs as disclosed.

Furthermore, the inner end of each arm is formed or equipped with anupwardly eX- tending finger 30 for frictional engagement with the underside of the adjacent disc, While arranged upon the shaft 24- directlybeneath and larger than the openings in the said arms are arm supportingwashers 31. The outer ends of these arms are formed with verticalextensions 82 While arranged upon the upper ends thereof arejockey-ridden horse simulating figures 38, said extensions being ofvarying length so that all the figures will be in the same horizontalplane. Obviously, there fore, the fingers 30 upon the inner ends of thearms 28 will frietionally bear against the dis r. T to prevent the theouter figure carryi ends of sanlarms. ii rdjaccnt the edge of theuppermost disc 27, said disc is 'l'orn'icd with a slot 3% within whichis pivoicd the upper end of a depending lever 35, the up or end of thislever above said disc 27 being equip iibd with a horizontal nose piece38 for 'n'eventing the swinging of the lever in a clockwise direction,but to permit said lever to swing in an anticloclwise direction, assuggested by the dotted lines in Figure at. The length of this lever 35is such as to encounter all of the arms 25:; so that the manual movementof the arms in a clockwise direction will be limited with the end inview of enabling the figures to be manually arranged in an alinedstarting position.

Assuming the horses to be in the starting position as indicated inFigure 2, and the spring 13 of the motor 2 have been wound,

l releasing of the trigger 20 will result in the turning of the tubularshaft 9, and conuently the shaft 24. The lever 35 travelg in acounter-clockwise direction will en- 0 with all. of the arms 28 toeffect the roon thereof while the upstanding fingers 3O cooperate withthe respective discs to )ri'aperly balance the arms during the rotaionof the latter. The engagement of the lever 35 with the figure armsassures a simultaueous start of all the figures. As soon as suliicientmomentum has been imparted to the figures, the trigger 20 is releasedfor stopping the rotation of the tubular shaft 9.

However due to the momentum gained by the figures, they will continue torotate not withstanding frictional engagement of the inner ends of thearms 28 with said discs 27. This continued rotation will absolutelyplace the figures in various positions, and the figures tllfii'lplllgnearest the mile post, or other dcsi ad point, will be considered ashaving won therace.

view of the lever being pivoted, and permitted to swing in the directionof the dotted lines in Figure 4, the arms during their continuedrotation after the discs have been stopped will ratchet past said leverin an ob-' vious manner.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a novel, simple, and extremelyamusing toy race course that is well adapted for all the purposesheretofore designated, even though .i have herein shown and describedthe invention as consisting of certain detail structural elements, it isnevertheless to be understood that minor changes may be made thereinwith out affecting the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and dcsiretosecure by Letters Patent e 1. In a toy race course of the classdescribed, a race track simulating a base, a shaft journaled through thecentral portion of the base and projecting thereabove, a disc secured onthe shaft above the base for ro tation therewith, a horizontal armloosely arranged upon the shaft beneath the disc, a figure arranged uponone end of the arm, and a ,nfojr-ction extending upwardly from the otherend of the arm for engagement with the disc to l1 al= mce said arm, andmeans depending from and loosely associated with the d s for eno 'ementwith the arm to start during the rotation of the arm after the dischasstopped.

2. In toy race course of the class described, a race track simulating abase, a shaft journaled through the central portion of the till Hill

base and projecting thereabove, a disc secured on the shaft above thebase for rotation therewith, a horizontal arm loosely arranged upon theshaft beneath the disc, a figure arranged upon one end of the arm, and aprojection extending upwardly from the other end of the arm forengagement with the disc to balance said arm, and means depending fromand loosely associated with the disc for engage-- ment with the arm tostart the horizontal swinging movement of the arm when the shaft anddisc is rotated, said means being mounted for swinging movement in onedi rection only to permit the figure supporting arm to ratchet over saidmeans during the rotation of the arm after the disc has stopped, saidmeans comprising a lever pivoted at its upper end and formed with alaterally disposed nose for engagement with the disc to prevent theswinging of the lever in a clockwise direction.

3. In a toy race course of the class described, a race track simulatinga base, a shaft journaled through the central portion of the base andprojecting thereabove, a disc secured on the shaft above the base forrotation therewith, a horizontal arm loosely arranged upon the shaftbeneath the disc, a figure arranged upon one end of the arm, and aprojection extending upwardly from the other end of the arm forengagement with the disc to balance said arm, and means depending fromand loosely associated with the disc for engagement with the arm tostart the horizontal swinging movement of, the arm when the shaft anddisc is rotated, said means being mounted for swinging movement in onedirection only to permit the figure supporting arm to ratchet over saidmeans during the rotation of the arm after the disc has stopped, and aspring motor operatively associated with the shaft for driving the same.

4-. In a toy race course of the class 'described, a race tracksimulating a base, a shaft journaled through the central. portion of thebase and projecting thereabove, a disc secured on the shaft'above thebase for rotation therewith. a. horizontal arm loosely arranged upon theshaft beneath the disc, a figure arranged upon oneend of the arm, and aprojection extending upwardly from the other end of the arm forengagement with the disc to balance said arm, and means depending fromand loosely associated with the disc for engagement with the arm tostart the horizontal swinging movement of the arm when the shaft anddisc is rotated, said means being mounted for swinging movement in onedirection only to permit the figure supporting arm to ratchet over saidmeans during the rotation of the arm after the disc has stopped, and aspring motor operatively associated with the, shaft for driving thesame, this spring motor including a spring driven tubular shaft mountedfor rotation beneath the track simulating base, and manually releasablemeans for normally maintaining the tubular shaft against rotation duringthe winding of the spring.

5. In a toy race course of the class described, arace track simulating abase, a ver tical shaft journaled at its lower end through the centralportion of the base, a plurality of vertically spaced discs secured onthe shaft above the base for rotation therewith, said discs graduallydecreasing in size from the top to the lowermost one, a horizontal armloosely arranged upon the shaft beneath each disc, an upstanding fingerformed on the inner end of each arm for engagement with the under faceof each disc to balance said arms, a figure supported on the outer endof each arm, means depending from and loosely associated with theuppermost disc for en gagement with all of the arms for arranging thesame at a common starting point and further starting the rotation of thearms and the shaft and said discs are rotated, means for rotating theshaft and the disc, said first mentioned means being mounted forswinging movement in one direction only to permit the arms to ratchetpast said means during the rotation of the arms after the discs havestopped, the weight of the figures causing the continued rotation of thearms after the discs have stopped.

6. In a toy race course of the class described, a race track simulatinga base, a vertical shaft journaled at its lower end through the centralportion of the base, a plurality of vertically spaced discs secured onthe shaft above the base for rotation therewith, said discs graduallydecreasing in size from the top to the lowermost one, a horizontal armloosely arranged upon the shaft beneath each disc, an upstanding, fingerformed on the inner end of each arm for engagement with the under faceof each disc to balance said arms, a figure supported on the outer endof each arm, means depending from and loosely associated with theuppermost disc for engagement with all of the arms for arranging thesame at a common starting point and further starting the rotation of thearms and the shaft and said discs are rotated, means for rotating theshaft and the disc, said first mentioned means being mounted forswinging movement in one direction only to permit the arms to ratchetpast said means during the rotation of the arms after the discs havestopped, the weight of the figures causing the continued rotation of thearms after the discs have stopped, said arms actuating means comprisinga lever having its upper end extending through a slot formed in theuppermost disc, the upper end of the lever being pivotally mounted onsaid uppermost disc, and a laterally extending nose formed on thepivoted upper end of the lever for engagement with the upper face of theupperniost disc to permit swinging movement of the lever in only onedirection.

7. In ,a device of the class described, a base, a shaft extendingVertically through the central portion of the base, means an ranged onthe shaft above the base for rotation therewith, means arranged beneaththe base for driving said shaft, said means com prising a tubular shaftsupported horizontally beneath the base, intermeshing gears arranged onsaid tubular shaft and the lowe r end of the vertieal shaft, a windahlespring arranged in the tubular shaft for effecting the rotation thereof,projection extending from one side of the tubular shaft, and manuallyreleasable means arranged on the'bottom otthe base for cooperation withthe projections to normally lock the tubular shaft against rotation.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

BRAXTON L. soorrr,

